Dust-collector for wheeled vehicles.



A WOR/VE VS NO. 850,708. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907. J. M. WEAVER. DUSTV COLLECTOR FOR WHEELED VEHICLES. MPLIOATION FILED Nov. 14, 190e.

W/TNESSES UNITED sTApns PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. WEAVER, OFNEW OXFORD', PENNSYLVANIA.

DUST-COLLECTOR Fon wHEELED VEHICLES.

Specification of v.Letters Patent.

Patented April 16,'19'07."

Appimion mea November 14, 1906. serial ro. 343,368.

To all wiz/m t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. WEAVER, a

I citizen of the United States, and a resident of view thereof.l

New Oxford, in the county of Adams and.

point out the novel features in the appended v claims. Y

Reference is to lbe had to the accompany.-y

ing drawings, forming a partof this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the' figures. Figure 1 is a plan of a dust-collector eme` bodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional Fig. Sis a section on .the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an section on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2.

mobile-body in dotted lines 5, in which is arranged the usualLdriving-shaft 6, vthe body being mounted on the front wheels 7 and theV rear wheels'S, also indicated in dotted lines. 1

The present invention comprises shields'or dust-receivers 9, which are curved andere.

tend partly over the front wheels 7, and these shields 9 are connected by means of pipes l() with a cross-pipe 11, communicating with which is a dust-receiving chamber 12, and operating in this dust-chamber is a suction-fan. 13 driven, as here shown, by means ofa band connection from the shaft6'with`a pulley 14A on the spindle of the fan, and leadinglfrcm the dust-receiving `chamber l2 is a disc argepipe 15.

Extending over the rear wheelsof thevef.

hi'cle are tubes 16, which at their lower ortions have openings 17 for receiving thev ust rising from the action of said rear wheels.

These tubes 16 also communicate through' pips or tubes 18 with the cross-tube 11'. p I v l certain cases-thatis, when the vehicle -l 3. The combmatlon with 'an lautomobile or In the drawmgsl have indicated an autosired to close the dust-discharging device, and therefore I provide the communication between the guards 9 and the tubes 10 with flexible coverings 19, which may be attached to isytraveling over Wet roadsit ,may be (lebuttons 20, and similar flexible coverings 21 -are provided for the opening 17 and secured in place on buttons 22, attached to the tubes 16, Leading into the forward end of the discharge-pipe 15 is an exhaustipe 23, leading from a steam-motor on the veliicle.

In operation the dust-discharge'from the wheels l7 wllpass into the guards 9 and `wi-ll be drawn by the fan 13 into the chamber 12, and the dust rising from the rear wheels will pass through the' tubes or pipes 16 into saidv chamber 12, andthedust thus' collected Will be charged with moisture. of stean`1eXhaust, and thus deposited upon the street or road.

In the case of vehicles propelled by gaso-` lene .or electric motors the moisture necessary to dampen the dust is to be supplied from a .water-tank, conveniently located, and intro- Aduced into the pipe 23 by means of a suitable pump,in this event therear end of pipe 23 to e'fitted with av sprayfnozzle. v Having -thus described my invention, I

claim .as new and desire to secure .by Letters Patentl 1.. The combination with an automobile or like device, of a dust-mjlle'ctor comprising dust-receiving devices arranged' over the -front and rear wheels of the vehicle, a cross-y pipe With which said dust-c0llectors com-- municate, a dust-receivingreceptacle having communication with said cross-pipe, .a suction-fan arranged in said receptacle, a dis'- charge-pipedeading from the receptacle, and

an' exhaust-pipe leading into the discharge-- pipe.

. 2. like vehicle, of a dust-collector comprising dust-receiving devices arran ed over the A'front' and rear wheels Iof the ve 'cle, acrosspipe with which said receivers communicate, a dust-receptacle having communicatlon with said. cross-p1pe, a suction-fan 1n sald recepetween the dust-receivers over the- The combination-with an automobile or Ioo tacle, a dischar e-pipeleading from there'- aust leading into' said disl like Ade vi'o'ef-of u'vdustfcollector, lc'ohilplising In f'sti'monywheeofl 4have signd vmy dust-receiving' devices .arranged 'over the name 'to this spoooation inv;4 the presence of front and rear Wheels ofthe vehicle, a suctiontwos'ubsclribin'g Witnesses.

fan arranged 'centrally oftllfautomobile, a JOHN 'M. WEAVER. connectionjbetween said fan-.and the dust -Witnesses1 collectors, a'd a.' discharge-'pipe ladng'from ELLEN M. S'HLALEY;v the fan. l' Y FRANK L WEAVER. 

